Willard Brown

Willard Jessie Brown
(Sonny)

Born: June 26, 1915 in Shreveport, LA
Died: August 4, 1996 in Houston, TX
(81 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'11"

Wt: 200

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
• Buried: Houston National Cemetery (Houston, TX)
• Played in the Major Leagues
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1935	KCM	IND	20	SS	15	61	55	11	20	3	0	5	14	2		5			0	1			.364	.417	.691	1.108	204
1936	KCM/WES	EWA/IND	21	SS	12	50	47	11	18	1	2	1	10	3	0	2	0		0	1			.383	.408	.553	.961	177
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	22	LF	65	272	250	57	92	13	10	11	65	12	0	20	0	0	1	1		1	.368	.417	.632	1.049	192
1938	KCM	NAL	23	CF	50	204	193	39	68	17	4	8	51	20		11			0	0			.352	.387	.606	.993	185
1939	KCM	ALC/NAL	24	LF	48	198	189	36	67	16	8	4	46	9		8			0	1			.354	.381	.587	.968	178
1940	JNL/KCM	MEX/NAL	25	CF	73	316	305	50	106	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.348	.368	.511	.880	128
1941	KCM	NAL/NVM	26	CF	45	190	171	38	56	10	4	7	37	14		18	1	0	1	0		0	.327	.395	.556	.950	182
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	27	CF	53	231	208	44	81	14	3	7	43	10	0	21	2	1	0	2		0	.389	.445	.587	1.032	212
1943	MULT	MULT	28	CF	56	229	211	35	71	14	2	7	33	5	0	17	0		0	1			.336	.386	.521	.907	188
1944	KCM	NAL	29	RF	3	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		1			0	0			.333	.400	.333	.733	132
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	31	CF	45	182	174	34	55	12	6	5	37	6		7	1		0	1			.316	.343	.540	.883	155
1947	KCM	NAL	32	CF	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12		15			1	0			.375	.421	.645	1.066	183
1948	KCM/WES	MULT	33	CF	55	233	209	48	83	26	2	8	59	9	0	23	0	0	1	0		0	.397	.459	.656	1.115	201
13	4			CF	568	2392	2221	447	795	166	52	77	521	116	0	158	19	1	4	9		1	.358	.402	.584	.985	179
162 Game Average						682	633	127	227	47	15	22	149	33	0	45	36	12	1	3		23	.358	.402	.584	.985	179

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
13	Negro Leagues				492	2061	1902	395	684	147	48	68	456	101	0	147	3	0	4	8		1	.360	.407	.595	1.001	187
1	vs Latin Leagues				70	305	294	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.354	.375	.524	.899	132
3	vs Major Leagues				6	26	25	3	7	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	.280	.308	.440	.748	162

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
13	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	490	2060	1903	395	683	146	48	69	458	102	0	145	2	1	4	8		0	.359	.405	.595	1.000	186
5	West All Stars			CF	7	23	21	2	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0		1	.286	.348	.333	.681	155
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I			CF	70	305	294	49	104	18	4	8	61	13		10	15		0	1			.354	.375	.524	.899	132
1	South All Stars			CF	1	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1			0	0			.667	.750	1.000	1.750	343

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1935	KCM	IND	61	.468	.319	8.2%	6.1%					8.2%	1.8%	.327	.121
1936	KCM/WES	EWA/IND	50	.429	.323	4.0%		0.0%	7.1%			2.0%	0.5%	.170	.094
1937	KCM/WES	MULT	272	.462	.327	7.4%		0.0%	7.6%			4.0%	0.9%	.264	.111
1938	KCM	NAL	204	.446	.322	5.4%	7.6%					3.9%	0.7%	.254	.096
1939	KCM	ALC/NAL	198	.438	.323	4.0%			8.2%			2.0%	0.7%	.233	.098
1940	JNL/KCM	MEX/NAL	316	.394	.352	3.2%		4.7%	9.4%	0.67		2.5%	1.2%	.164	.126
1941	KCM	NAL/NVM	190	.443	.320	9.5%		0.5%	7.7%	18.00		3.7%	0.5%	.228	.085
1942	KCM/WES	MULT	231	.466	.310	9.1%		0.9%	7.0%	10.50		3.0%	0.8%	.197	.089
1943	MULT	MULT	229	.424	.302	7.4%		0.0%	7.0%			3.1%	0.5%	.185	.073
1944	KCM	NAL	10	.364	.305	10.0%	6.8%					0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
1946	KCM	NAL/WS	182	.405	.331	3.8%		0.5%	8.1%	7.00		2.7%	0.8%	.224	.085
1947	KCM	NAL	216	.479	.355	6.9%	9.5%					2.8%	0.9%	.270	.105
1948	KCM/WES	MULT	233	.502	.347	9.9%		0.0%	9.0%			3.4%	1.0%	.258	.109
13	4		2392	.445	.329	6.6%	8.1%	5.3%	7.9%	0.63	5.31	3.2%	0.8%	.226	.100

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
13	Negro Leagues		2061	.453	.326	7.1%	7.9%	5.8%	3.4%	0.67	14.57	3.3%	0.8%	.235	.096
1	vs Latin Leagues		305	.402	.353	3.3%	9.4%	4.9%	10.2%	0.67	0.92	2.6%	1.2%	.170	.127
3	vs Major Leagues		26	.316	.283	3.8%	7.3%	25.0%	1.5%	0.00	15.10	3.8%	1.3%	.160	.096

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
13	Kansas City Monarchs		2060	.452	.327	7.0%	7.9%	6.1%	1.5%	0.00	17.27	3.3%	0.8%	.236	.096
5	West All Stars		23	.332	.235	8.7%	7.8%	8.7%	11.0%	1.00	1.09	0.0%	0.6%	.048	.054
1	La Junta de Nuevo Laredo I		305	.402	.353	3.3%	9.4%	4.9%	10.2%	0.67	0.92	2.6%	1.2%	.170	.127
1	South All Stars		4	.716	.347	25.0%	3.0%					0.0%	0.0%	.333	.123

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